Data 88E: Economic Models

Name: Just the Class
Author: Eric Van Dusen

UC Berkeley, Fall 2024

Eric Van Dusen

Hi - I am a lecturer in Data Science as well as a staff member helping to build out Data Science Undergraduate Studies. I am passionate about how Data Science approaches can bring innovation to teaching and learning in all disciplines. I love trail running, kayaking, camping and exploring.

Week 1

Aug 28: 1 Introduction; Slides; Demo Notebook; Amal Slides; Reading: 0; Recording

Week 2

Sep 4: 2 Demand; Slides; Demand Survey; Demand Step by Step; Demand Coded; Price Elasticity; Avocado Demand; Recording; Reading: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4; Lab Lab 1; Project Project 1

Week 3

Sep 11: 3 Supply; Slides; 3.0 Cubic Curves; 3.1 Supply; 3.2 Sympy; 3.3 Cal Strategy; 3.3b CAISO data; Recording; Reading: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4; Lab Lab 2

Week 4

Sep 18: 4 Welfare and Government Intervention; Slides; 4.1 Welfare from Survey; 4.2 Supply Demand; 4.3 Four Plot; Recording; Reading: 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3; Lab Lab 3

Week 5

Sep 25: 5 Production GDP Cobb-Douglas; Slides; 5.1 Cobb Douglas AER 1928; 5.2 Penn World Tables; Recording; Reading: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, (Optional) A Theory of Production by Cobb and Douglas; Lab Lab 4; Project Project 2

Week 6

Oct 2: 6 Utility; Zoom Link; Slides; 6.1 Sympy Differentiation; 6.2 3-D Utility; 6.3 QuantEcon Optimization; 6.4 Latex; 6.5 Edgeworth; Recording; Reading: 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, LaTeX (external); Lab Lab 5

Week 7

Oct 9: 7 Inequality; Slides; 7.1 Measuring Inequality; 7.2 Historical Inequality; Recording; Reading: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2; Lab Lab 6

Week 8

Oct 16: 8 Macroeconomic Policy; Reading: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5; Lab; Recording; Slides; Notebook; Lab Lab 7

Week 9

Oct 23: 9 Game Theory; Slides; 9.1 Iterated Game; Recording; Evolution of Trust Game; Radiolab Podcast; Reading: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5; Lab Lab 8; Project Project 3

Week 10

Oct 30: 10 Development; Slides; 10.1 Mapping Springs; 10.2 Survey Data; Recording; Reading: 8.0; Lab Lab 9

Week 11

Nov 6: 11 Econometrics; Slides; 11.1 Simple Linear Regression; 11.2 Multivariate Linear Regression; Reading: 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4; Project Project 4

Week 12

Nov 13: 12 Finance; Slides; 12.1 Interest Payments; 12.2 Stocks; 12.4 Personal Finance; Reading: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2; Lab Lab 10

Week 13

Nov 20: 13 Environmental Economics; Slides; 13.1 CO2 Climate Change; 13.2 Emissions Tracker; 13.3 Kuznets; 13.4 Rosling; 13.5 Constructing MAC; Reading: 12.0, 12.1, 12.2; Lab Lab 11

Week 14

Nov 27: 14 Holiday: No Class

Week 15

Dec 4: 15 Wrap-up and Guest Lecture; Slides; 15 Vibecession; Course Evaluations